The Times of Israel reports: Israel’s minister in charge of combating boycott efforts against the Jewish state is urging US states to take steps against booking website Airbnb, after it decided to de-list accommodations in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Airbnb’s statement on November 19 announcing the new policy noted that 200 Israeli-owned listings in the West Bank would be removed, after the company had concluded, “They are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.”
In a letter to the governors of Illinois, New York, Florida, Missouri, and California, where Airbnb is based, Gilad Erdan called the announcement an adoption of “the anti-Semitic practices and narrative of the boycott movement.”
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